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RSS smartcardsCryptanalysis on Improved Remote User Authentication Scheme Preserving User Anonymity
White Paper Remote user authentication using smartcards is the most widely used scheme for a valid user to login to a remote server and to access the services provided by the server over insecure channels. Due to the convenience,... [02 Oct 2009]
RAIL, Retail and Reality
White Paper Features of the white paper which bear on the retail dimension include simplifying fares, introducing smartcards in major cities and selling inter-city tickets via mobile phone. The rail industry has seen a steep rise in... [30 Aug 2009]
Making Privacy-Preserving Data Mining Practical With Smartcards
White Paper Data mining provides large benefits to the commercial, government and homeland security sectors, but the aggregation and storage of huge amounts of data about citizens inevitably leads to an erosion of privacy. [29 Aug 2009]
ATM hack talk pulled from security conference
News Last year, a talk on hacking smartcards used in the Boston subway system was blocked after a federal judge granted the Massachusetts transit authority's request for an injunction. It's almost security conference season... [02 Jul 2009]
EAP-TLS Smartcards, From Dream to Reality
White Paper This paper presents the first implementation of the EAPTLS (Extensible Authentication Protocol-Transport Layer Security) protocol in smartcards. Results show that TLS processing is slow, because... [16 Mar 2009]
Photos: Is it a tram? Is it a train? No, it's superbus!
Photo Travellers will also be able to top up the smartcards online. From later this year, commuters on the buses of Cambridge will be able to enjoy wi-fi, use Oyster-style smartcard readers - and even travel on a bus that... [03 Feb 2009]
Photos: Scots are sQuids in with wave and pay
Photo The NEC scheme is designed to make it easier for Scottish citizens to use public services and benefits, such as health and public transport.million smartcards have been distributed to citizens around the country as a way... [23 Jan 2009]
Oyster card security vulnerabilities uncovered
News In their paper, the researchers claim to demonstrate that the proprietary Crypto1 encryption algorithm used on Mifare Classic smartcards allows the 48-bit cryptographic key to be "easily retrieved". The details were made... [08 Oct 2008]
Digital wallet card launches in Dundee
News In a statement, Dundee Council leader councillor Kevin Keenan said: "Dundee is embracing new technologies and we see smartcards and electronic money as a positive service for all. Dundee City Council is set to launch the... [02 Sep 2008]
Editor's Blog: silicon.com - what a difference a decade makes
Comment Some are quaint: "UK cashpoints to take smartcards" while some are reminders of battles all but forgotten: "Microsoft browser overtakes Netscape rival". silicon.com is 10 years old this week, which prompted me to take a... [11 Jul 2008]
Manchester on the road to high tech transport
News Manchester is aiming to develop a world class transport system complete with high tech road charging technology and travel smartcards. The city has secured £1.5bn of government funding to significantly improve its public... [10 Jun 2008]
NHS admits thousands of smartcards have gone walkies
News More than 4,000 NHS smartcards used to access a range of electronic systems and applications have gone missing since they were introduced two and a half years ago. A Freedom of Information request by GP magazine Pulse... [06 Feb 2008]
Manchester City FC trials mobile tickets
News Manchester City Football Club has launched a trial with Orange to allow fans to use their mobiles to enter the stadium instead of producing a ticket, following a similar trial with wave-and-pay smartcards. [22 Oct 2007]
Rail passengers to get free on-board wi-fi
News National Express said it will also build a simpler "one-stop shop" website to highlight the cheapest tickets available, introduce smartcards by 2010, provide real-time travel updates to mobile phones and allow passengers... [14 Aug 2007]
Mobile rail ticketing 'on track in Midlands by 2012'
News The smartcard scheme will comply with the Itso (Integrated Transport Smartcards Organisation) standard set up to make smartcards universally useable across all public transport companies. UK public... [02 Aug 2007]
